US-based Senegalese R&B star, Akon on Friday night kept patrons of the Akon Music Show held at the Accra International Conference Centre screaming for more of his songs after a successful show.

Akon, who has been busting charts across Europe with his platinum-plus album titled, ‘Trouble’ kept the crowd chanting for more each time he finished a track at the heavily packed conference centre.

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It’s long after midnight, but more and more people are streaming into a dark and dingy hall on the edge of Soweto. The hot-dog salesmen are doing a roaring trade, and so are the women selling bottles of beer and spirits, which they pull out of a large dustbin full of crushed ice.

The crowd is young, and mainly black, although there a few coloured people. There are lots of couples, as well as large groups of men and women who have come on their own.

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